The Pretenders (7) (Los Angeles)

Personnel :

Bobby Rose (Lead)

Tommy Gonzales

Ray Rocha

Fred Garcia

Discography :

Singles :
1960-  Answer To My Prayers / Don't Tell A Lie (Rose Int'l 100)

Unreleased :
1960 - I'm In The Mood For Love (Eldo)

Biography :

The group was started in the 50s at Fremont High School in Los Angeles. The song was written by Bobby Rose. On the recording was Don Julian from the Medowlarks helping in background, and the famous Johnny Otis on drums.

Recorded in 1960 at Eldo Studios in Hollywood. Released on Rose International Label.
SuperBobbyrose


Songs :

   
Answer To My Prayers                      Don't Tell A Lie

I'm In The Mood For Love

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Jimmy Ricks & The Raves (2) (New York)
(Update By Hans-Joachim)

Personnel :

Jimmy Ricks (Bass)

Howard Guyton

Derek Martin

Leonard Puzey



Discography :

1961 - Deep River (Festival) (Unreleased)
1962 - Daddy Rollin' Stone / Um Gowa (Festival 25004)
1962 - Daddy Rollin' Stone / Homesick (Atco 6220)

Biography :

This group was assembled after Jimmy Ricks left the Ravens and was pursuing a solo career.
Jimmy Ricks covering the Otis Blackwell '53 classic "Daddy Rollin' Stone" in his post-Ravens career, here backed by Leonard Puzey, Howard Guyton, and Derek Martin (billed as the Raves).

   
                                                                             Paste-up picture : Puzey, Guyton, Ricks, Martin

The first release was the Festival record. Atco re-released "Daddy Rollin’ Stone" with a different flip ("Homesick"). On "Homesick" Jimmy Ricks was backed up by Joe Van Loan, Paul Van Loan, and Jimmie Steward!
Derek Martin re-recorded "Daddy Rollin' Stone" under his own name two years later, which was covered by the Who in 1965.

http://www.uncamarvy.com/Ravens/ravens10.html



Songs :

   
Daddy Rollin' Stone                             Homesick

   
Um Gowa                                     Deep River

Cds :

The Crystal Chords (Spanish Harlem, New York)

Personnel :

Lenny Montalvo (Lead)

Hector "Tito" Santiago (Baritone)

Joe Paredes

Eddie Sotolongo (Lead)

Arnie Magranrer

 

Discography :

1958 - Be Mine Again / When In The World (3D 373)

 

Biography :

In 1958, five friends from Spanish Harlem (Lenny Montalvo, Eddie Sotolongo, Hector Santiago, Arnie Managrer, Joe Paredes received local attention from neighborhood teens when their record was heard on the radio. Their tune "Be Mine Again" was originally a Spanish Folk song.

Lenny Montalvo and the guys decided to translate the Spanish lyrics into English but chose to leave the bridge part to be spoken in Spanish. An agent heard the group rehearse and invited them to 3D records in the Bronx. There they recorded two sides. "Be Mine Again" was lead by Lenny Montalvo which became the A side. "When in the World" was lead by Eddie Sotolongo which became the flip side.
doowopkid    


Songs :

   
Be Mine Again                                    When In The World

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 Day, Dawn & Dusk  (New York)
aka Day, Dawn & Dusk Trio
(By Hans-Joachim)

Personnel:

Bob Caver (also plays piano)

Eddie Coleman

(Bot) Gus Simmons

Discography:

Day, Dawn & Dusk
1946 -Basin Street Blues / Rigoletto In Harlem (Collector Item 805)
1946 - Mein Stetela Belz / Bones, Bones, Bones (Collector Item 806)
1955 - Let The Tears Fall / Miss Petunia (Apollo 476)
1955 - Let The Tears Fall / A Cheat’s A Cheat (Kent 519)
1956 - Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere / Who Are You Kissing? (Josie 794)

Day, Dawn & Dusk Trio
1954 - All Thru The Years / The Kiss (That Broke My Heart) (Herald 1000)

Biography:

At one time there was a vocal - instrumental trio called Day, Dawn, and Dusk. They were very much in a style of other small combos that we have chronicled on this site such as the Three Bits of Rhythm, Do-Ray-Me Trio, and the Three Peppers. They occupy a small niche in the history of the music and are hard to define. Not quite R & B, not quite jazz, not quite pop, but a curious mixture of all three with a bit of classical or even country thrown in.

Day, Dawn, and Dusk were comprised of Bob Carver the pianist for the trio, Eddie Coleman, and Gus Simmons.They did not have an extensive recording history but they did put out records for a number of different labels.They began their recording career for a label called Collectors Items which was located in New York City.

These sides date from the late nineteen forties and include "Basin Street Blues" and "Rigoletto In Harlem" on # 805. This was followed by "Bones, Bones, Bones" and " Mein Stetela Belz" on # 806.The next mention of the trio in the trade press announces that they are doing good box office for an extended club date in Denver, Colorado in December of 1953.

During the following summer, a recording for the Herald label shows up as selling moderately well in the Los Angeles area. This is "The Kiss That Broke My Heart" and "All through The Years" recorded with the Orchestra of Charles LaVerne and released on Herald # 1000. The next year finds the trio recording for the Apollo label with "Let The Tears Fall" and "Miss Petunia" on # 476.

A year later they show up on Josie Records with "Anytime" and "Who Are You Kissing?" on # 794. Oklahoma City reports that "Anytime" is one of the top ten best selling records in the R & B field in may of 1956. That seems to be the last mention of Day, Dawn, and Dusk.
J.C. Marion
http://www.vocalgroupharmony.com/DayDawnAndDusk/DayDawnAndDusk.htm
http://www.vocalgroupharmony.com/4ROWNEW/WhenTheSaints.htm

Songs :

     
Who Are You Kissing?           Let The Tears Fall              A Cheat’s A Cheat

     
Basin Street Blues            Rigoletto In Harlem              Mein Stetela Belz

     
Bones, Bones, Bones          Miss Petunia        Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere

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Phil & the Catalinas (7) (Columbus, Ohio)


Personnel :

Phil Gary Sciamamblo (Lead)

Harry Smith

Rick Guyton


Discography :

1960 - Bobby Layne / June 30th (Olimpic # /Triodex 106)
1960 - Dancing Little Fool 'Clementine' / Our Love is So True (Olimpic #)


Biography :

By his own admission, Phil Gary (Sciamamblo) was never a great singer. However, at age 16, he was already a promoter.

Inspired by Watching Freddy Cannon lip-synch"Tallahassee Lassie" on The Dick Clark Show, he cowrote a song with his mother called "Bobby Lane"an recorded it in a basement with a group of Guy (Harry Smith, Rick Guyton, and later Phil Stobart) he named the Catalinas. Olimpic records was formed by Phil Gary for releasing records by himself and the Catalinas.

Phil Gary booked Veterans' Memorial in 1961 for what he called the Battle of the Groups. In addition to Phil Gary and the Catalinas, those that competed included the Carians. Gary eventually persuaded Phil Stobart of the Carians to join the Catalinas but he still considers the Carians to have been the best of all the local groups.
David Meyers,Arnett Howard,James Loeffler,Candice Watkins (Columbus: The Musical Crossroads)
http://www.buckeyebeat.com/olimpic.html

Songs :

   
                   June 30th                         Our Love Is So True (unfinished)

     
            Bobby Lane                             Dancing Little Fool 'Clementine'

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